Matt Baker (1921-1959) was the first successful African-American comic book artist in America, and famous for his unique style. Baker worked in many genres, most famous for his portrayal of Phantom Lady, Canteen Kate, Sky Girl, and other beautiful female characters. Not all women are heroes, though – so when Baker put his pen to the crime comics, not only did we get action-packed stories featuring some of the hardened male criminals of the day, but also those femme fatales, those molls, and those female criminal masterminds..... along with some tragic innocent women in the wrong place at the wrong time. AUTHENTIC POLICE CASES (St. John / 38 Issues / 1948-1955) was a great place to show the Baker mastery. He began drawing his 28 covers with issue #6, and 11 stories beginning with #10, before returning to exclusively covers after #18. This is his complete album from the exciting crime series, collected together for the first time – ever! THE PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK (AND MANY MORE) IS ONLY DUE TO THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF STEVEN THOMAS